John Shea introduces Strauss's 1927 opera Die agyptische Helena, a fanciful interpretation of an ancient Greek myth featuring love, jealousy and reconciliation. Show more

A performance of Donizetti's rarely heard opera Les Martyrs, given at the Royal Festival Hall by Opera Rara and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Show more

A performance given at the 2014 Proms of Strauss's great tragedy Salome, marking the 150th anniversary of his birth. Donald Runnicles conducts his Deutsche Oper Berlin. Show more

Live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Lucy Crowe and Bryn Terfel star in a performance of Donizetti's comic opera L'elisir d'amore. Daniele Rustioni conducts. Show more

Live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Wagner's epic comedy Die Meistersinger. With soprano Annette Dasch as Eva and Johan Botha as Walther. James Levine conducts. Show more

Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. With Erwin Schrott (Figaro), Mariusz Kwiecien (the Count) and Danielle de Niese (Susanna). Show more

Wagner's Tristan and Isolde at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with soprano Nine Stemme and tenor Stephen Gould in the title roles, conducted by Antonio Pappano. From 2014. Show more

Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Andrew Davis conducts Humperdinck's opera Hansel und Gretel with Heidi Stober as Gretel and Jennifer Johnson Cano as Hansel. Show more

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Verdi's opera Un ballo in maschera, with Joseph Calleja as Riccardo, Liudmyla Monastyrska as Amelia and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Renato. Show more

Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Andrew Davis conducts Lehar's comic operetta The Merry Widow in a new production by Susan Stroman and Bartlett Sher. Show more

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Marc Minkowski conducts a performance of Mozart's Idomeneo. With tenor Matthew Polenzani and soprano Sophie Bevan. Show more

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano conducts David McVicar's new production of Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chenier. With Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek. Show more

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Yves Abel conducts Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann, with Vittorio Grigolo, Erin Morley, Hibla Gerzmava and Christine Rice. Show more

A performance of Verdi's Macbeth given at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, with Anna Netrebko in her first ever portrayal of Lady Macbeth on stage. Presented by Mary Jo Heath. Show more

From New York's Metropolitan Opera, a performance of Bizet's Carmen, with Elina Garanca singing the title role of the ill-fated temptress. Louis Langree conducts. Show more

John Fulljames directs a production of Brecht and Weill's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Show more

From the Metropolitan Opera, New York, a double-bill of Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Bartok's Duke Bluebeard's Castle, with Anna Netrebko as Iolanta and Mikhail Petrenko as Bluebeard. Show more

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Tim Albery's production of Wagner's dark opera Der fliegende Hollander. With baritone Egils Silins and soprano Adrianne Pieczonka. Show more

From London's Roundhouse, a Royal Opera production of Monteverdi's opera Orfeo, with Gyula Orendt in the title role and Mary Bevan as Euridice. Christopher Moulds conducts. Show more

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Emmanuel Villaume conducts a performance of Massenet's opera Manon, starring soprano Diana Damrau and tenor Vittorio Grigolo. Show more